Category: Extremes affecting Antarctica

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• Antarctica

Duration: 8 days

Time span: January 16 2017 to January 23 2017

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -6.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: -10.9 °C

Event center: -72.0°S 287.5°E

Area affected: 78000 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2017-Jan-16_to_2017-Jan-23_287.5_-72.0

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• Antarctica

Duration: 10 days

Time span: January 12 2017 to January 21 2017

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -4.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.3 °C
• Minimum temperature: -11.5 °C

Event center: -65.0°S 298.0°E

Area affected: 63790 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2017-Jan-12_to_2017-Jan-21_298.0_-65.0

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• Antarctica

Duration: 4 days

Time span: January 09 2017 to January 12 2017

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.1 °C
• Mean temperature: -28.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: -29.6 °C

Event center: -77.5°S 4.0°E

Area affected: 101839 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2017-Jan-09_to_2017-Jan-12_4.0_-77.5

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• Antarctica

Duration: 12 days

Time span: January 08 2017 to January 19 2017

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -9.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -16.3 °C

Event center: -73.0°S 258.0°E

Area affected: 54271 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2017-Jan-08_to_2017-Jan-19_258.0_-73.0

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• Antarctica

Duration: 4 days

Time span: December 29 2016 to January 01 2017

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -3.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -12.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -13.0 °C

Event center: -77.0°S 290.0°E

Area affected: 56788 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2016-Dec-29_to_2017-Jan-01_290.0_-77.0

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• Antarctica

Duration: 7 days

Time span: December 25 2016 to December 31 2016

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -2.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -5.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.6 °C
• Minimum temperature: -17.8 °C

Event center: -71.0°S 271.0°E

Area affected: 312340 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2016-Dec-25_to_2016-Dec-31_271.0_-71.0